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饮食 (yǐn shí) — how to say "diet" in Chinese
饮食
Diet, food and drink
noun
Radicals / Keys
食
Eat
#184 · shí · 9 strokes
Collocations
饮食文化
yǐnshí wénhuà
food culture
健康饮食
jiànkāng yǐnshí
healthy diet
Examples
饮食要注意营养
Diet should be nutritious
饮食健康
Healthy diet
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Diet in Chinese meaning
"diet" in Chinese is 饮食 (yǐn shí).
饮食 meaning in English
饮食 (yǐn shí) means "Diet, food and drink".
How is 饮食 pronounced?
It is pronounced yǐn shí (written as yin shi, yinshi). You can listen to the pronunciation on this page.
How do you write "diet" in Chinese characters?
It is written 饮食: 饮 has 7 strokes, 食 has 9 strokes. The Writing section above animates the stroke order of each character and lets you trace it.
What HSK 3.0 level is 饮食?
饮食 is on the HSK 3.0 level 5 word list. It is not part of the six-level HSK 2.0 lists.
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